Note 18 - Derivative Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Mar. 24, 2013

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

18.  Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company may use derivative financial instruments such as foreign currency forward contracts or interest rate swaps to reduce its ongoing business exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates.  The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes.

Foreign currency forward contracts

The Company may enter into foreign currency forward contracts as economic hedges for exposures related to certain sales, inventory purchases and equipment purchases which are denominated in currencies that are not its functional currency.  As of March 24, 2013, the latest maturity date for all outstanding foreign currency forward contracts is during June 2013.  These items are not designated as hedges by the Company and are marked-to-market each period and offset by the foreign exchange (gains) losses resulting from the underlying exposures of the foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

Interest rate swaps

On February 15, 2011, the Company entered into a twenty-seven month, $25,000 interest rate swap with Bank of America to provide a hedge against the variability of cash flows (monthly interest expense payments) on LIBOR-based variable rate borrowings.  The interest rate swap allows the Company to fix the LIBOR rate at 1.39% and terminates on May 17, 2013.  On August 5, 2011, the Company entered into a twenty-one month, $10,000 interest rate swap with Bank of America to provide a hedge against the variability of cash flows related to additional variable rate borrowings.  This interest rate swap allows the Company to fix the LIBOR rate at 0.75% and terminates on May 17, 2013.

The Company has designated the Bank of America swaps as cash flow hedges and determined that they are highly effective.  At March 24, 2013, the amount of pre-tax loss recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income for these cash flow hedge derivative instruments was $58.  For the nine months ended March 24, 2013, the Company did not reclassify any gains (losses) related to these swaps from Accumulated other comprehensive income to Interest expense.

On May 18, 2012, the Company entered into a five year, $50,000 interest rate swap with Wells Fargo to provide a hedge against the variability of cash flows related to additional variable rate borrowings under the Company’s ABL Revolver and ABL Term Loan.  It increases to $85,000 in May 2013 (when the $25,000 and $10,000 interest rate swaps with Bank of America terminate) and then decreases $5,000 per quarter beginning in August 2013 until the balance again reaches $50,000 in February 2015, where it will remain through May 2017.  This interest rate swap allows the Company to fix the LIBOR rate at 1.06% and terminates on May 24, 2017.

On November 26, 2012, the Company de-designated its Wells Fargo interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge.  During the three months ended March 24, 2013, the Company reclassified a pre-tax unrealized loss of $106 from Accumulated other comprehensive income to Interest expense.  For the nine months ended March 24, 2013, the Company reclassified pre-tax unrealized losses of $198 from Accumulated other comprehensive income to Interest expense and the Company expects to reclassify additional losses of $578 during the next twelve months. Since the de-designation of this interest rate swap, the Company has recognized pre-tax unrealized gains within Interest expense of $103 and $177 for the three month and nine month periods ended March 24, 2013, respectively.

The fair values of derivative financial instruments were as follows:

As of March 24, 2013:		Notional Amount		USD Equivalent		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Foreign currency contracts	MXN		4,000	$	313	Accrued expenses	$	(9	)
Interest rate swaps	USD	$	85,000	$	85,000	Other long-term liabilities	$	(1,136	)

As of June 24, 2012:		Notional Amount		USD Equivalent		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Foreign currency contracts	MXN		6,500	$	497	Other current assets	$	28
Interest rate swaps	USD	$	85,000	$	85,000	Other long-term liabilities	$	(1,015	)

(MXN represents the Mexican Peso)

Estimates for the fair value of the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps are obtained from month-end market quotes for contracts with similar terms.

The effect of marked-to-market hedging derivative instruments was as follows:

		For the Three Months Ended
		March 24, 2013			March 25, 2012
Derivatives not designated as hedges:	Classification
Foreign currency contracts – MXN/USD	Other operating expense, net	$	15		$	32
Foreign currency contracts – USD/$R	Other operating expense, net		—			—
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense		(103	)		—
Total (gain) loss recognized		$	(88	)	$	32

		For the Nine Months Ended
		March 24, 2013			March 25, 2012
Derivatives not designated as hedges:	Classification
Foreign currency contracts – MXN/USD	Other operating expense, net	$	53		$	(9	)
Foreign currency contracts – USD/$R	Other operating expense, net		—			(2	)
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense		(177	)		—
Total (gain) loss recognized		$	(124	)	$	(11	)

($R represents the Brazilian Real)

By entering into contracts for derivative financial instrument contracts, the Company exposes itself to counterparty credit risk.  The Company attempts to minimize this risk by selecting counterparties with investment grade credit ratings, limiting the amount of exposure to any single counterparty and regularly monitoring its market position with each counterparty.  The Company’s derivative financial instruments do not contain any credit risk related contingent features.